# Help Me Make An Awesome Sandwhich **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924 "2008-09-10T11:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924/81 "2008-09-15T21:37:08Z")
This may be the best thread since sliced bread… simply because you couldn’t have sandwiches before then.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924/82 "2008-09-15T21:42:20Z")
> [@WILLASS](#): > > I will prepare and eat the winner(s) Huh. I didn’t know you were German. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924/83 "2008-09-15T21:42:55Z")
> [@Superfreaknduper](#): > > This may be the best thread since sliced bread… simply because you couldn’t have sandwiches before then.🙂 That “sliced bread” refers to a loaf that comes pre-sliced. I suggest that the Earl had to slice his own. or have the help do it. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924/84 "2008-09-15T21:45:40Z")
To get serious for a minute, my diet-friendly sandwich of choice these days is ham and swiss cheese on Jewish rye with hot mustard and fat-free Italian dressing. Surprisingly, the fat-free Italian dressing gives it a lot more taste than mayonnaise or Miracle Whip–_and_ it’s better for you to boot. Simple, unassuming. You can toss in some lettuce and a couple of tomato or pickle slices too, if you’re significantly less lazy than I am. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924/85 "2008-09-15T21:52:15Z")
I like to put canned (S&W) sliced stewed tomatoes on sandwiches. I drain them and sometimes pat off some of the juice. Works best with good bread. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924/86 "2008-09-15T21:59:24Z")
BTW, a sweet cheese like havarti works well with light meats like turkey and chicken. Another very popular American sandwich, particularly for breakfast, consists of scrambled eggs (cooked in one of those round things that shapes it so it doesn’t fall out everywhere), melted cheddar cheese and a breakfast meat (sausage or bacon) on a croissant. Gooooooooood shit. Addictive, too, but not good for you what with the fatty meat, the melted cheese and the buttery croissant. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924/87 "2008-09-16T06:51:28Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > Midwest BBQ Beef on a Bun. > > All the Leftover beef from a beef pot roast, chopped or pulled into bits. > 1 medium onion > 1 tbls. veg oil > Vinegar > Ketchup > Brown sugar > [Heinz Chili sauce](http://www.shopfoodex.com/heinz-chili-sauce-p-15213.html) > a pinch of ground clove > a single bay leaf > salt and pepper > water to consistency > > Chop and sweat the onion in a pot, add the beef, and enough of the remaining ingredients to make a nice sweet and sour medium consistency sauce, bring to a simmer, Cook until thick and tender. Serve on a bun with dill pickle slices. Actually, to really incorporate the Midwest and American flavor into this I would also use some worcestershire sauce and powdered mustard (Colman’s). I think it might be remiss without these ingredients- amendment. You could also substitute ground beef, instead of the leftover potroast, and make the “Classic American Sandwich”… a [Sloppy Joe.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloppy_joe) That Heinz Chili Sauce has lost favor somewhat over the years, but it gives many things an understated flavor that is just totally right in some weird way. A nice secret ingredient. ---
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924/88 "2008-09-16T15:17:15Z")
Turkey, Camembert cheese, cranberry sauce and alfalfa sprouts. I would kill a man right now to get my hands on one of these. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-an-awesome-sandwhich/462924.md?page=4)